111
111
Nov 29, 2012
11/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 111
favorite 0
quote 0
romney goes to washington for lunch. can president obama and mitt romney bury the hatchet for the good of the country? we'll head to the white house for a live report on the president's lunch date with his former presidential rival. plus president obama deploys his top man at the treasury to capitol hill for marathon meetings with leaders of congress. but with the blame game kicking in to high gear, is there compromise to be had ahead. plus who took home those winning tickets to that $587 million power ball jackpot. kerry sanders is hot on the trail trying to help us track down the winners. one of which could be in missouri. sometimes what we suffer from is bigger than we think ... like the flu. with aches, fever and chills- the flu's a really big deal. so why treat it like it's a little cold? there's something that works differently than over-the-counter remedies. prescription tamiflu attacks the flu virus at its source. so don't wait. call your doctor right away. tamiflu is prescription medicine for treating the flu in
romney goes to washington for lunch. can president obama and mitt romney bury the hatchet for the good of the country? we'll head to the white house for a live report on the president's lunch date with his former presidential rival. plus president obama deploys his top man at the treasury to capitol hill for marathon meetings with leaders of congress. but with the blame game kicking in to high gear, is there compromise to be had ahead. plus who took home those winning tickets to that $587...
98
98
Nov 29, 2012
11/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 98
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> breaking news, there is no job for mitt romney in the obama administration but mitt romney will get to full full a lifelong dream tomorrow. he is going to walk into the white house, not the way he wanted it. president obama is keeping a promise he made on election night by having a private lunch with romney on thursday. a few weeks ago, president obama said romney could actually bring something to the table. >> i do think he did a terrific job running the olympics. that skill set applies to the federal government. >> turns out, romney doesn't have an eye on helping the country. he is helping to move on into an office at his son, tag's private equity firm. it is unclear what role he will be playing. he spenlt the last seven years running to serve his country and now he is going back to the private sector. he is not out serving the public or helping the country move forward. this just underscores everything we thought about mitt romney. all he cares about is money. good for him. >>> romney campaign strategist, stuart citi venstevens is compl about the loss. he wrote that mitt romn
. >> breaking news, there is no job for mitt romney in the obama administration but mitt romney will get to full full a lifelong dream tomorrow. he is going to walk into the white house, not the way he wanted it. president obama is keeping a promise he made on election night by having a private lunch with romney on thursday. a few weeks ago, president obama said romney could actually bring something to the table. >> i do think he did a terrific job running the olympics. that skill...
127
127
Nov 29, 2012
11/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 127
favorite 0
quote 0
nobody liked romney except voters. what began in a small field in new hampshire grew into a national movement. republican ideals, mitt romney carried the day. on november 6th that wasn't enough to win, but it was enough to make us proud. asked this morning on cbs about his sunny side up view of the campaign, stevens in many ways doubled down. >> i think the ideas carry the day for us, and it's success we had, though it obviously wasn't enough to win the race, it was based on the candidate mitt romney and on his ideas. he wanted to talk about big national issues, debt, entitlements, the future of the country. he wanted to put big questions before the country, and he did that. >> still stevens did make some admissions in this tv appearance about his campaign's failures. >> i think we should have done a better job reaching out to women voters. the governor has a great record on women's issues. we should have done a better job articulating that record. we should have done a better job reaching out to hispanic voters. we sh
nobody liked romney except voters. what began in a small field in new hampshire grew into a national movement. republican ideals, mitt romney carried the day. on november 6th that wasn't enough to win, but it was enough to make us proud. asked this morning on cbs about his sunny side up view of the campaign, stevens in many ways doubled down. >> i think the ideas carry the day for us, and it's success we had, though it obviously wasn't enough to win the race, it was based on the candidate...
170
170
Nov 29, 2012
11/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 170
favorite 0
quote 0
>> a way to come bean both of them, the fiscal cliff and mitt romney. here's job for mitt romney. first, you allow medicare to negotiate drug prices, that's your give on entitlements. and then you put mitt romney in charge of it. make him -- >> you think mitt romney would do that? >> when bain was on the ropes, and he was brought in to kind of save the company, he -- he was able to get, you know, bailouts from pension funds, he was able to dole with creditors and get them to lower those prices. he's an incredible negotiator. he's steely, he's tough. so you know let him deal with fizer and the rest of the guys and push drug prices down, everybody wins. >> that's a nicer job for him than i envisioned which is saying you guys are using too much copy ing paper, let's do this digitally. >> romney's amoral, here's your goal, lower drug prices across the board, do it. no, here are your charts, here's your quant, go for it. >> amoral or apolitical, you know, i wonder, it is telling, karen, that mitt romney's gotten a warmer embrace from president obama than his own party. >> how about tha
>> a way to come bean both of them, the fiscal cliff and mitt romney. here's job for mitt romney. first, you allow medicare to negotiate drug prices, that's your give on entitlements. and then you put mitt romney in charge of it. make him -- >> you think mitt romney would do that? >> when bain was on the ropes, and he was brought in to kind of save the company, he -- he was able to get, you know, bailouts from pension funds, he was able to dole with creditors and get them to...
146
146
Nov 29, 2012
11/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 146
favorite 0
quote 0
we won't have romney to kick around anymore. the reason he was kicked so hard is what he said afterwards when he tripled down or doubled down on that 47% comment. he can come out of the white house and make a statement. he is never going to live there. at least, he is going to get to visit. it is good for the president. he is reaching across the aisle. he is being bipartisan. it is good for democracy. it ratifies the results. it is not all that common. george bush didn't do this with john kerry in 2004. it is a grace note. >> is that ir a chance that mitt romney might contribute to this administration for the good of the country when it comes to business? he obviously made it very clear that he didn't think that president obama knew anything about business or the economy. he was the expert. so why not help out? >> i wouldn't make him treasury secretary. you wouldn't want to have that tax plan put into effect. >> he could be in charge of building new business or something. >> look, it's -- this is a moment when american democracy
we won't have romney to kick around anymore. the reason he was kicked so hard is what he said afterwards when he tripled down or doubled down on that 47% comment. he can come out of the white house and make a statement. he is never going to live there. at least, he is going to get to visit. it is good for the president. he is reaching across the aisle. he is being bipartisan. it is good for democracy. it ratifies the results. it is not all that common. george bush didn't do this with john kerry...
154
154
Nov 30, 2012
11/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 154
favorite 0
quote 0
hey, romney, what's up, man? hey, isn't it funny? you almost lived here. this was almost your place. just 3 million votes. you know what i mean? oh, you worked so hard for seven years and you were just about to go in and then sorry [ bleep ]. >> that's pretty good. >> yeah. >> it's a strong cooler. >> romney, king joffrey joffer. we're moving on. we have vice president joe biden going to the grand opening of a washington, d.c., costco store yesterday. >> what? >> yes. let me tell you, he did not -- >> -- just walking through this store. >> snack pack there. he's looking at watches, eating pies, buying books for his wife. >> he's like a badger. he's just rummaging around, one aisle after another. he's taking a bite of a snack. closing it back up. >> i think at one point someone asked him to buy some tires. and he said, i don't need tires. i don't drive anymore. >> you know, it is very important to follow what the vice president of the united states is doing, obviously. but i'm concerned about one thing and one thing only. as this week comes to a close -- >>
hey, romney, what's up, man? hey, isn't it funny? you almost lived here. this was almost your place. just 3 million votes. you know what i mean? oh, you worked so hard for seven years and you were just about to go in and then sorry [ bleep ]. >> that's pretty good. >> yeah. >> it's a strong cooler. >> romney, king joffrey joffer. we're moving on. we have vice president joe biden going to the grand opening of a washington, d.c., costco store yesterday. >> what?...
127
127
Dec 7, 2012
12/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 127
favorite 0
quote 0
romney's chairman, quote, romney's victory continued strong fund-raising. every dollar raised was put to use in the effort to elect mitt romney. they have a bunch of money left on hand. it is about trying to make sure when you have cash on hand you know it wasn't used. it wasn't his fault. romney's top strategist says sandy hurt them the heartest. after the storm, i never had a good feeling. not that the storm impacted things so much, per se, but these races, a race like this, is a lot like an nba game. it's all about ball control at the end. as he notes, they didn't have control of the message are or the ball. new jersey governor chris christie met with president obama face-to-face for the first time since the two toured the state after the storm. christie was in d.c. his approval ratings have soared since the storm. he was lobbying obama for more federal aid for victims. he stopped by "the daily show" to talk about why he shifted from criticizing the president's leadership before the storm to praising it right before the election. >> it tells me people ha
romney's chairman, quote, romney's victory continued strong fund-raising. every dollar raised was put to use in the effort to elect mitt romney. they have a bunch of money left on hand. it is about trying to make sure when you have cash on hand you know it wasn't used. it wasn't his fault. romney's top strategist says sandy hurt them the heartest. after the storm, i never had a good feeling. not that the storm impacted things so much, per se, but these races, a race like this, is a lot like an...
152
152
Nov 30, 2012
11/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 152
favorite 0
quote 0
isn't a romney wing of the republican party. it's not like he can bring to bear constituency beyond maybe wall street. that wing of the party was more his niche. but the president can sort of talk to other people in the wall street wing. you know, he had some ceos over to the white house the other day. some of them represent that wing just as much as or more than mitt romney. so i think the awkward position romney is in is that he is sort of a man without a country politically. so i'm not sure what he himself could do. but i think the gesture was important because it does sort of represent sort of the marching on of democracy in the u.s. i think it was important from that standpoint, but i don't think we'll see much of mitt romney. >> joy-ann reid, great to see you. molly ball, thank you. >>> also today, israel says the u.n. vote recognizing palestine as a state is, quote, meaningless. the general assembly voted overwhelmingly yesterday 138-9 to give palestine status as a nonmember observer state. the united states voted against
isn't a romney wing of the republican party. it's not like he can bring to bear constituency beyond maybe wall street. that wing of the party was more his niche. but the president can sort of talk to other people in the wall street wing. you know, he had some ceos over to the white house the other day. some of them represent that wing just as much as or more than mitt romney. so i think the awkward position romney is in is that he is sort of a man without a country politically. so i'm not sure...
181
181
Nov 29, 2012
11/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 181
favorite 0
quote 0
romney, while he's in dc? >> reporter: that's right. romney met with his former running mate, paul ryan, a little bit earlier on this morning. he said to reporters that it was nice to see his old friend, his old running mate. paul ryan issued a statement after that meeting and we have a graphic of that. i can read it to you right now, thomas. he said, i remain grateful to governor romney for the honor of joining his ticket this fall. i cherish our friendship. i'm proud of the principles and issues we advanced during the campaign and the commitment we share to expanding opportunity and promoting economic security for american families. so governor romney here meeting with various people at, of course, what is a very critical time. the deadline for the fiscal cliff is drawing near. you have to imagine that that was a large part of romney's discussions today both with president obama and with ryan. >> kristen welker at the white house, thanks so much. >>> we take you back on capitol hill where congressional leaders put much of their energy
romney, while he's in dc? >> reporter: that's right. romney met with his former running mate, paul ryan, a little bit earlier on this morning. he said to reporters that it was nice to see his old friend, his old running mate. paul ryan issued a statement after that meeting and we have a graphic of that. i can read it to you right now, thomas. he said, i remain grateful to governor romney for the honor of joining his ticket this fall. i cherish our friendship. i'm proud of the principles...
196
196
Nov 29, 2012
11/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 196
favorite 0
quote 0
mitt romney just arrived here. we're not expecting anything huge to come out of this meeting. no appointment. for example, to the cabinet. but the president certainly, i think, hoping to engage in a serious conversation. this, as you point out, will be just the seventh time that these two have sat down after what was really a bruising fight during the election. this is really about sort of striking a tone of bipartisanship, helping these two former rivals to bury the hatchet but helping, i think the country to move forward, especially as we get closer to that fiscal cliff deadline. >> and ruth is here at the table. one of the issues could be the sort of backdrop the post-election comment by all sides not only mitt romney but also by stewart stevenson, op-ed his adviser. there was a time not long ago when the problems of the democratic party revolved arounding too liberal and dependent on minorities. obama turned those problems in advantages and rode that strategy to victory but he was a charismatic african-american president with a billion dollars, no primary and media that fe
mitt romney just arrived here. we're not expecting anything huge to come out of this meeting. no appointment. for example, to the cabinet. but the president certainly, i think, hoping to engage in a serious conversation. this, as you point out, will be just the seventh time that these two have sat down after what was really a bruising fight during the election. this is really about sort of striking a tone of bipartisanship, helping these two former rivals to bury the hatchet but helping, i...
122
122
Dec 3, 2012
12/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 122
favorite 0
quote 0
one romney adviser compared romney with al gore's weight gain and beard after the election saying that most likely will not be happening in terms of letting his discipline go about his lifestyle. however, is it more a choice of romney not be involved with the republican party sore at any time fact that the roeb party has pretty much given him the heisman and pushed him away because of the comments he made since the election, doubling down on those 47% remarks. >> there was that period when he made those ill-advised remarks that obama won because he gave gifts to minorities. that gave people an excuse to sort of jettison him. when a candidate loses, a lot of the officials in the party want to say it was the candidate's fault, push him out that way. in this case, well maybe he wasn't the best candidate in the world but it's hard to argue that mitt romney lost because he was mitt romney as opposed to having ideas that the public wasn't buying in this case. so, he could still exert some serious influence over this party if he wanted to, engage himself in the debate. maybe he will at some p
one romney adviser compared romney with al gore's weight gain and beard after the election saying that most likely will not be happening in terms of letting his discipline go about his lifestyle. however, is it more a choice of romney not be involved with the republican party sore at any time fact that the roeb party has pretty much given him the heisman and pushed him away because of the comments he made since the election, doubling down on those 47% remarks. >> there was that period...
184
184
Nov 30, 2012
11/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 184
favorite 0
quote 0
romney's chief strategist says he thought the campaign he ran went just fine. he says they, quote, carried the day. which i'm sure they did, other than the whole losing everything part. you would think there would be a lot of mainstream appropriate yum for stuart stevens here for that fantastical beltway self regard. but the mainstream seems to mostly be ignoring him. the people who are paying attention to what he's saying are the folks on the political right. and they're paying attention because they are not happy. quote, if stu stevens' private advice for romney is as delusional as this op-ed, no wonder he lost. or this one. oh, for f-sake, my brain is burning with fire. that's the reaction for this year's republican presidential campaign chief strategist from conservatives. then there's one of mitt romney's republican primary rivals, jon huntsman, also now being torn apart by folks on the right for voicing his own critical comments about his party's process for choosing its nominee, this year. mr. huntsman this week told "the huffington post" quote, i looked
romney's chief strategist says he thought the campaign he ran went just fine. he says they, quote, carried the day. which i'm sure they did, other than the whole losing everything part. you would think there would be a lot of mainstream appropriate yum for stuart stevens here for that fantastical beltway self regard. but the mainstream seems to mostly be ignoring him. the people who are paying attention to what he's saying are the folks on the political right. and they're paying attention...
117
117
Dec 1, 2012
12/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 117
favorite 0
quote 0
i mean, keep in mind, it was risky when obama /romney were in campaign. you had one candidate that was threatening to not continue with the program. so, it was kind of hard to go and apply. you did not know if you could put yourself in the list of legalization and coming out of the shadows and you put your name on the list of deportations. so, number one. number two, i just think that this defer act and the image that we have with the youth and the dreamers, specifically, is definitely going to continue the momentum, not only because of the work that we have done in the past, but because of the expectations that we have from the obama administration to fix the immigration laws once and for all and we do expect that, at this particular time, congress and senators will also follow suit because we are tired of waiting and too much talk has been happening and while our families are suffering, so, this is going to continue. this is a battle that we're going to have. we expect actions from the politicians and this coming year. if not, in 2014, they're going to
i mean, keep in mind, it was risky when obama /romney were in campaign. you had one candidate that was threatening to not continue with the program. so, it was kind of hard to go and apply. you did not know if you could put yourself in the list of legalization and coming out of the shadows and you put your name on the list of deportations. so, number one. number two, i just think that this defer act and the image that we have with the youth and the dreamers, specifically, is definitely going to...
163
163
Nov 30, 2012
11/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 163
favorite 0
quote 0
the president's lunch with mitt romney, the united nations note on palestine. all this as joe biden was christmas shopping. >>> and some amazing random acts of kindness. good morning, everyone. i'm lynn berry. and today the first of the two grand prize powerball winners will come forward to reveal themselves and have their lives change forever. and there's also buzz about a potential code within the winning numbers. nbc's kerry sanders has that story. >> reporter: in tiny dearborn, missouri, where just about everyone knows everyone, the question is was it one of their own who bought a winning powerball ticket? >> it's exciting, very exciting. we never, ever thought that we would sell the winning ticket, and here it is. we did. >> reporter: folks in this farming community just off interstate 70 are now trying to figure out if the winning numbers were chosen with meaning. dearborn is but 35 miles north of kansas city, home of the royals baseball team. those winning lottery numbers? they match royals' hall of famers, brett, gubiza, jackson, leonard, quizenbury. th
the president's lunch with mitt romney, the united nations note on palestine. all this as joe biden was christmas shopping. >>> and some amazing random acts of kindness. good morning, everyone. i'm lynn berry. and today the first of the two grand prize powerball winners will come forward to reveal themselves and have their lives change forever. and there's also buzz about a potential code within the winning numbers. nbc's kerry sanders has that story. >> reporter: in tiny...
201
201
Nov 29, 2012
11/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 201
favorite 0
quote 0
romney doesn't have that as well. but i wouldn't be surprised if you see at some point, some job, a commission or something that romney's invited on. don't forget, his political career, he's not going to get involved on that front. but mr. echevarria, i want to ask you a question about whether the president made a line in the sand pledge to you guys that the country will not go over the cliff? did he do that? >> well, no, he didn't make a line in the pledge sand to us. at least i didn't interpret that. what he did say, because he said he wouldn't do a bad deal. >> reporter: right. >> because the cliff is a measure to solve the problem. it just happens to be very austere. he did recognize that the consequences of that, however, would be dire. but more importantly, we'd really miss an opportunity for uplift in the economy. the moment would get passed. so no line in the sand. >> joe, i have a question, all through the year i've been hearing from businesses and business leaders that one of the things that's stopping them
romney doesn't have that as well. but i wouldn't be surprised if you see at some point, some job, a commission or something that romney's invited on. don't forget, his political career, he's not going to get involved on that front. but mr. echevarria, i want to ask you a question about whether the president made a line in the sand pledge to you guys that the country will not go over the cliff? did he do that? >> well, no, he didn't make a line in the pledge sand to us. at least i didn't...
248
248
Dec 2, 2012
12/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 248
favorite 0
quote 0
can you interpret what mitt romney's life entails right now? >> 25 years after losing the white house in 1972 to richard nixon. george mcgovern was asked in the mid 1980s, how do you get over losing the white house? he said ask me in ten years, i'm still trying to get over it. there's no question, when you put your heart and soul in this, when your family goes through the wringer, when you've been running for president, in mitt romney's case for four years, it takes a lot. it takes a lot out of him and it will take a long time for him to get over there, no question about it. >> my burning question to you, doug, after the break. sit tight. >>> amy gardner, robert traynham, doug hattaway, are all back on the big three. my big question to you, dourks should the president be taking this political risk of nominating susan rice for the secretary of state? what's the cost/benefit ratio here? >> that's a good question, i think it's mostly upside. she's close to him, knows him well. there could be down side and actually looking weak in not appointing so
can you interpret what mitt romney's life entails right now? >> 25 years after losing the white house in 1972 to richard nixon. george mcgovern was asked in the mid 1980s, how do you get over losing the white house? he said ask me in ten years, i'm still trying to get over it. there's no question, when you put your heart and soul in this, when your family goes through the wringer, when you've been running for president, in mitt romney's case for four years, it takes a lot. it takes a lot...
205
205
Dec 1, 2012
12/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 205
favorite 0
quote 0
mitt romney declared his candidacy, june 2rd, 2011. so by the time we got to november 2012, it was 17 months we'd been covering this campaign every day. so certainly there were days where it was slow. but i mean, if you love politics, and your show is about politics, and you become the place to be for politics, how could you not love that? the letdown comes the day after, i think. obviously we had a lot of things to talk about now but you feel like, god, we've just been through this war and we've got to turn it around and get up for the game again the next week. but i enjoy it. a lot of people said it was long. it was probably too long. but they're always too long. >> it always feels like a week or two too long. maybe it's the anticipation, the eagerness, just get it done. >> right. and that's kind of become the cliche, thank god it's all over. >> yeah. >> but, it's the way we pick our presidents now. and we get depressed afterwards. >> how do you keep your neutrality? because you're on with morning joe and we've got a couple of hosts
mitt romney declared his candidacy, june 2rd, 2011. so by the time we got to november 2012, it was 17 months we'd been covering this campaign every day. so certainly there were days where it was slow. but i mean, if you love politics, and your show is about politics, and you become the place to be for politics, how could you not love that? the letdown comes the day after, i think. obviously we had a lot of things to talk about now but you feel like, god, we've just been through this war and...
143
143
Dec 4, 2012
12/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 143
favorite 0
quote 0
. >>> friends of mitt romney are saying he is bored n.o.w. that he -- bored now that he's not running for president. but not as bored as were when he was running for president. >> the irs is seizing the actresses bank accounts in an effort to recover over $230,000 in unpaid taxes for lindsay lohan. >> she's just getting it all out for her big come back. >> she has 99 problems and the irs is definitely one. >> i like that. >> news out of the sun dance film festival. a documentary featuring the eagles will make the debut in january. the band worked for the filmmakers for five years. it should be good. another movie premiering at the festival is the steve jobs biopick star ashton kutcher. that wouldn't have been my first choice. some are uneasy about him playing the ceo. at least he looks the part. that's kind of what he looks like anyway. >> remember, steve jobs at the end when he was younger was completely -- >> not the 70s look. >>> this is what happens when a tv news team mistakes a tv set for real life. >> all right. let's go back to that p
. >>> friends of mitt romney are saying he is bored n.o.w. that he -- bored now that he's not running for president. but not as bored as were when he was running for president. >> the irs is seizing the actresses bank accounts in an effort to recover over $230,000 in unpaid taxes for lindsay lohan. >> she's just getting it all out for her big come back. >> she has 99 problems and the irs is definitely one. >> i like that. >> news out of the sun dance film...
173
173
Dec 3, 2012
12/12
by
KCSM
tv
eye 173
favorite 0
quote 0
mitt romney got 47% of the popular vote. that, ladies and gentlemen, is a devastating defeat. >> republicans hold the house and the house -- >> lost a majority of the popular vote -- >> under our constitution, there is a house, senate, and a presidency. >> susan rice's never-ending sunday talk show nightmare. >> i continue to be troubled by the fact that the u.n. ambassador decided to play what was essentially a political role at the height of a contentious presidential election campaign by agreeing to go on the sunday shows. -- to present the administration's position. >> main republican senator susan collins after hearing from u.n. ambassador susan rice on capitol hill. she also tried to tie susan rice to the 1998 embassy bombings in kenya and tanzania. now, for a while it looked like senators graham mccain were going to give her past, but then she went up there to talk to these folks. why would she do that, nina? >> i don't know, but they keep moving the bar on her. initially they said did not like what she said, then pet
mitt romney got 47% of the popular vote. that, ladies and gentlemen, is a devastating defeat. >> republicans hold the house and the house -- >> lost a majority of the popular vote -- >> under our constitution, there is a house, senate, and a presidency. >> susan rice's never-ending sunday talk show nightmare. >> i continue to be troubled by the fact that the u.n. ambassador decided to play what was essentially a political role at the height of a contentious...
91
91
Dec 1, 2012
12/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 91
favorite 0
quote 0
switching gears, mitt romney. he had a good lunch date. >> but what a tragedy that was election day was for comedians. election day took away a lot of mitt romney jokes. i was glad to see it. your joke on white turkey. you know what, it was turkey white chilly, that means he had leverovers. but at least obama did not serve him crow. >> eliot: who knows, nobody knows if it was turkey or crew. >> this is when mitt romney got free stuff that we paid for is. >> eliot: what do you make of the lunch? >> i thought it was a great opportunity for both men to look really good and they blew it. they could have agreed on something that would have made the two of them look great. it more than barack obama at this point. nothing happened, and they were cordial enough. >> eliot: i was surprised something tangible was not allowed. the president is gracious and bipartisan and romney needs something to stay relevant. >> he's bipartisan. he made the obama healthcare plan. >> eliot: i have to give matt miller credit for this idea. he
switching gears, mitt romney. he had a good lunch date. >> but what a tragedy that was election day was for comedians. election day took away a lot of mitt romney jokes. i was glad to see it. your joke on white turkey. you know what, it was turkey white chilly, that means he had leverovers. but at least obama did not serve him crow. >> eliot: who knows, nobody knows if it was turkey or crew. >> this is when mitt romney got free stuff that we paid for is. >> eliot: what...
394
394
Nov 30, 2012
11/12
by
KNTV
tv
eye 394
favorite 0
quote 0
>>> and white house lunch, president obama d mitt romney face to face for the first time since the campaign, tonight, how it went and what happened. >>> and tonight, the powerball winners, what we know, and who they are, and the secret code that could be in the numbers. nightly news begins now. >>> good evening, at a time when so many people are still suffering, right now tonight more than one month after a monster storm hit a giant population center, today we learned some facts about how this earth is changing and how fast. for starters, polar ice sheets in greenland are melting at five times the pace, than just a few years ago. new research shows that antarctica is melting. while it takes a lot of ice to melt the ocean levels they say that is in fact what is happening. and they believe just an incremental rise in the ocean levels made the damage worse when hurricane sandy hit the east coast and took so much away from us. the big question is the future, of course, and a new kind of normal for all of those living along the water. it is where we begin tonight, our chief environmental affairs
>>> and white house lunch, president obama d mitt romney face to face for the first time since the campaign, tonight, how it went and what happened. >>> and tonight, the powerball winners, what we know, and who they are, and the secret code that could be in the numbers. nightly news begins now. >>> good evening, at a time when so many people are still suffering, right now tonight more than one month after a monster storm hit a giant population center, today we learned...
197
197
Dec 4, 2012
12/12
by
KPIX
tv
eye 197
favorite 0
quote 0
romney's namesake is the company's founder john willard marriott. romney's first name is willard. his father and marriott were close friends. >>> and fannie mae and freddie mac will take a holiday break from foreclosing on homes. they will suspend evictions in the days leading up to christmas and will resume the process on january 2nd. jp morgan chase and citigroup have also announced a moratorium on evictions during the holidays. hopefully it will relieve a little stress for some people there. >> really good news. ashley, good to see you. thank you so much. >>> in sports, a showdown in d.c. and rg3 makes it happen against the giants. that's robert griffin iii. here's the rookie qb in the first. he loses the ball and it pops right into the hands of josh morgan who races in for the score. in the fourth, down by six, rg3 hits pierre garcon for the score and that was it. skin hold on to beat the giants. bad news for yankee fans. superstar alex rodriguez is going to start the season on the dl, the disabled list. baseball's most expensive player has a bad left hip. but before he has su
romney's namesake is the company's founder john willard marriott. romney's first name is willard. his father and marriott were close friends. >>> and fannie mae and freddie mac will take a holiday break from foreclosing on homes. they will suspend evictions in the days leading up to christmas and will resume the process on january 2nd. jp morgan chase and citigroup have also announced a moratorium on evictions during the holidays. hopefully it will relieve a little stress for some...
202
202
Dec 2, 2012
12/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 202
favorite 0
quote 0
he krid the his grandson, james carter, for discovering and exposing hidden camera video of mitt romney saying 47% of voters see themselves as victims. >> the turning point was when our grandson revealed that the governor had talked about 47%, i think that was a real turning point. and james has made us all very proud. he's the most famous carter now. and he was born in the white house. when we had only been there for a month. he lived four years in the white house. so he's, was very eager to help. probably was the single-most important factor in the whole election. was what james did reveal. >> the 39th president also has predictions for washington. >> both republicans and democrats learned a lot from this election. and i think one of the things they learned is that the people want them to cooperate whenever possible. they, republicans will come around on the deficit, because of the economic you know, cliff that we're hanging over. i think they'll do that. i don't think there's any doubt that the republicans will cooperate on immigration reform. they've learned how important the hispan
he krid the his grandson, james carter, for discovering and exposing hidden camera video of mitt romney saying 47% of voters see themselves as victims. >> the turning point was when our grandson revealed that the governor had talked about 47%, i think that was a real turning point. and james has made us all very proud. he's the most famous carter now. and he was born in the white house. when we had only been there for a month. he lived four years in the white house. so he's, was very...
217
217
Nov 29, 2012
11/12
by
CNNW
tv
eye 217
favorite 0
quote 0
so we have any idea if we might see one more of these screens added today with governor romney? >> you know, no, not as far as we're hearing from those close to governor romney, and, of course, aides here at the white house saying absolutely not. this is not an attempt for the president to bring him here to the white house to talk about a potential job. this is pretty much a courtesy call. the president made the invitation during his victory speech, said he wanted to sit down and talk with mitt romney about moving the country forward. he also said there was some things that mitt romney -- some ideas he had on the campaign trail that were not partisan ideas, but were smart ideas. ways to create jobs for middle class americans, so he wanted to talk to him about that. and the president specifically pointed to the fact that mitt romney did a good job in turning the olympics around and thought that some of what he did with the olympics could translate to making the federal government more efficient. so it really is all about sort of talking about ways that they can perhaps, you know,
so we have any idea if we might see one more of these screens added today with governor romney? >> you know, no, not as far as we're hearing from those close to governor romney, and, of course, aides here at the white house saying absolutely not. this is not an attempt for the president to bring him here to the white house to talk about a potential job. this is pretty much a courtesy call. the president made the invitation during his victory speech, said he wanted to sit down and talk...
228
228
Nov 30, 2012
11/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 228
favorite 0
quote 0
hey, romney, what's up, man? hey, isn't it funny? you almost lived here. this was almost your place. just 3 million votes, you know what i mean? oh, you worked so hard for seven years and you were just about to go in and then you said sorry [ bleep ]. >> joining us now from boston, the moderator of "meet the press," david gregory. as we take a live look at the white house. >> did you see this? >> oh. >> david gregory, the guy that found you out in the streets in l.a. playing stickball and took you in and said kid, you can be a star one day, jeff zucker, right here. hired at cnn. that's exciting for jeff, isn't it? >> it is. it's cool. >> absolutely. absolutely. he'll do good things. >> that's all he has to say. that's all he's got to say. >> i think we're all thrilled for jeff. >> okay. that's all he's got to say. >> wow! >> he's a company man. he's a company man. >> all right. >> no, you know, he doesn't want to upset phil. you know, buddy, you can't talk about, you can't say. >> phil gets upset. >> he gets upset. >> he gets really hurt. he gets emotional
hey, romney, what's up, man? hey, isn't it funny? you almost lived here. this was almost your place. just 3 million votes, you know what i mean? oh, you worked so hard for seven years and you were just about to go in and then you said sorry [ bleep ]. >> joining us now from boston, the moderator of "meet the press," david gregory. as we take a live look at the white house. >> did you see this? >> oh. >> david gregory, the guy that found you out in the streets...
191
191
Nov 29, 2012
11/12
by
CNNW
tv
eye 191
favorite 0
quote 0
obama care was built on the backs of romney care. if he can say something about the fiscal cliff, the president can gain some bipartisan credibility. it's also the right thing to do. the real tradition of this is started in 1960 with kennedy meeting nixon in florida, and since then it's pretty much pro forma. what is 50-50 is whether a friendship gets developed out of this kind of lunch. >> this is the kind of thing that we take for granted in the united states. you really have to think about it, when there is no peaceful transition. >> well, you know, i recently wrote about the kennedy assassination, and it's amazing. here our president was killed in dallas in 1963, and in many countries people would go riot in the streets, but in america lyndon johnson was sworn in, and it's a smooth transition of power. look at gore verse bush in 2000. went all the way to the supreme court, but there they were breaking bread together, vice president gore and then incoming president bush. it is what -- what we're seeing today the healthy side of ou
obama care was built on the backs of romney care. if he can say something about the fiscal cliff, the president can gain some bipartisan credibility. it's also the right thing to do. the real tradition of this is started in 1960 with kennedy meeting nixon in florida, and since then it's pretty much pro forma. what is 50-50 is whether a friendship gets developed out of this kind of lunch. >> this is the kind of thing that we take for granted in the united states. you really have to think...
90
90
Nov 30, 2012
11/12
by
CNNW
tv
eye 90
favorite 0
quote 0
good that governor romney came on. it showed what the spirit of america is all about, which is at the end of the day coming together in pursuit of our common goals as americans. you know, i just hope that we could have the same set of opportunities here in congress as we deal with our colleagues who i hope would show the same spirit by saying you know what, the senate has passed a continuing tax cut for 98% of americans, put $2200 in their pockets, continued to keep that amount of money in their pockets at a critical time in our economy. we can have that passed right away by the house and signed by the president. that would be a great christmas gift to everybody, 98% of all of americans. >> why can't they just be grown up about this, accept that there's movement on both sides to be done, and get it done over a turkey at the white house? >> well, you know, it would be great to have a celebration. we can start that celebration by passing what's already sitting in the house of representatives that was passed in the united
good that governor romney came on. it showed what the spirit of america is all about, which is at the end of the day coming together in pursuit of our common goals as americans. you know, i just hope that we could have the same set of opportunities here in congress as we deal with our colleagues who i hope would show the same spirit by saying you know what, the senate has passed a continuing tax cut for 98% of americans, put $2200 in their pockets, continued to keep that amount of money in...
231
231
Dec 5, 2012
12/12
by
FOXNEWSW
tv
eye 231
favorite 0
quote 0
that's next. >> mitt romney didn't bring up israel once during the entire debates. e right perspective. bny mellon wealth management has the vision and experience to look beyond the obvious. we'll uncover opportunities, find hidden risk, and make success a reality. bny mellon wealth management [ male announcer ] this december, remember -- what starts with adding a friend... ♪ ♪ ...could end with adding a close frien. ♪ the lexus december to remember sales event is on, offerg some of our best vals of the year. this is the pursuit of perfection. can i still ship a gift in time r christmas? yeah, sure you can. great. where's your gift? uh... whew. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. ship fedex express by december 22nd for christmas delivery. ♪ but the fire is so delightful ♪ nothing melts away the cold like a hot, delicious bowl of chicken noodle soup from campbell's. ♪ let it snow, let it snow i wish my patits could see what i see. ♪ that over time, having high cholesterol and any of thesrisk factors can put them at increased risk for plaque buildup in their a
that's next. >> mitt romney didn't bring up israel once during the entire debates. e right perspective. bny mellon wealth management has the vision and experience to look beyond the obvious. we'll uncover opportunities, find hidden risk, and make success a reality. bny mellon wealth management [ male announcer ] this december, remember -- what starts with adding a friend... ♪ ♪ ...could end with adding a close frien. ♪ the lexus december to remember sales event is on, offerg some of...
301
301
Nov 29, 2012
11/12
by
CNNW
tv
eye 301
favorite 0
quote 1
take mitt romney. he had around the clock secret service protection, a legion of followers, crowds of thousands chanting his name. and then nothing. former congressman mark kennedy, who now heads up george washington university's graduate school of political management offers this sage advice. >> i think what makes the difference is having a focus. you mentioned al gore, he focused on environmental issues. you look at john kerry who's focused on foreign policy issues. if you pick some piece of your message that did resonate with the american people and after a pause come back and start emphasizing that in important ways, that i think is the path to really helping to make a difference after your run. >> reporter: another good step? mending fences with your opponent. romney seemed to do that with this white house lunch with president obama. don't cry too much for romney though because he still has three things, family, faith and financial security. yes, and remember, romney is a multimillionaire several
take mitt romney. he had around the clock secret service protection, a legion of followers, crowds of thousands chanting his name. and then nothing. former congressman mark kennedy, who now heads up george washington university's graduate school of political management offers this sage advice. >> i think what makes the difference is having a focus. you mentioned al gore, he focused on environmental issues. you look at john kerry who's focused on foreign policy issues. if you pick some...
164
164
Nov 29, 2012
11/12
by
FOXNEWSW
tv
eye 164
favorite 0
quote 0
president did have a specific job offer or anything for mitt romney. after the white house put out a statement to say they pledge to keep in touch if the opportunity arises down the road that sounded like not so much. >> bret: did biden bring by the apple pie? >> they may save that for a celebration if hay get a deal. >> all right, ed. thank you. >> major retailers are reporting weaker than expected holiday sales so far. november receipts are 1.7% over last year. that is well below the 4.5 to 5.5 predicted for holiday season. the economy grew at 2.7% in the third quarter better than the figure announced. the dow was up 37. the s&p 500 gained six. nasdaq finished ahead 20. syrian rebels struck a major blow in the heart of the government today killing a top ruling of the party in a car bombing and someone is cutting off internet and cell phone communication in syria in certain areas. both sides pointing fingers at the others. all of this as decision-maker in washington try to make a decision on how involved the u.s. should be. we get the latest tonight f
president did have a specific job offer or anything for mitt romney. after the white house put out a statement to say they pledge to keep in touch if the opportunity arises down the road that sounded like not so much. >> bret: did biden bring by the apple pie? >> they may save that for a celebration if hay get a deal. >> all right, ed. thank you. >> major retailers are reporting weaker than expected holiday sales so far. november receipts are 1.7% over last year. that is...
506
506
Nov 29, 2012
11/12
by
CNNW
tv
eye 506
favorite 0
quote 0
romney doesn't drink. and since the event is closed to the press, we may not ever know what words were spoken between the former competitors. if only white house walls could talk. >> if only. dan lothian reporting. joining me now is sean spicer, communications director for the republican national committee. welcome, sean. >> good morning, carol. >> everybody is joking about this. it's just become this big joke. should it be? this luncheon? >> no. i think it's actually a very nice part of modern american history, where the two candidates get together and show what a great country it is that you can go at it during a political campaign, present ideas to some degree, you know, talk about the other candidate. and then sit down afterwards as two civilized adults, come together for the good of the country, and show how great our process and our democracy is. >> you've been in politics a long time. i can't imagine being such bitter rivals. and this was a bitter partisan campaign. i can't imagine these two men sit
romney doesn't drink. and since the event is closed to the press, we may not ever know what words were spoken between the former competitors. if only white house walls could talk. >> if only. dan lothian reporting. joining me now is sean spicer, communications director for the republican national committee. welcome, sean. >> good morning, carol. >> everybody is joking about this. it's just become this big joke. should it be? this luncheon? >> no. i think it's actually a...
268
268
Dec 5, 2012
12/12
by
FOXNEWSW
tv
eye 268
favorite 0
quote 0
that's next. >> mitt romney didn't it's hard to see opportunity in today's challenging environment. unless you have the right perspective. bny mellon wealth management has the vision and experience to look beyond the obvious. we'll uncover opportunities, find hidden risk, and make success a reality. bny mellon wealth management can i still ship a gift in time r christmas? yeah, sure you can. great. where's your gift? uh... whew. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. ship fedex express by december 22nd for christmas delivery. wanted to provide better employee benefits while balancing the company's bottom line, their very first word was... [ to the tune of "lullaby and good night" ] ♪ af-lac ♪ aflac [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. [ yawning sound ] >> either mitt romney was lying and misrepresenting to his investors but mitt romney is dramatically out of touch with women on the issues and priorities that matter to us. they need to put their big boy and big girl pants on. >> debbie wasserman schulz spread a l
that's next. >> mitt romney didn't it's hard to see opportunity in today's challenging environment. unless you have the right perspective. bny mellon wealth management has the vision and experience to look beyond the obvious. we'll uncover opportunities, find hidden risk, and make success a reality. bny mellon wealth management can i still ship a gift in time r christmas? yeah, sure you can. great. where's your gift? uh... whew. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. ship fedex...
241
241
Nov 29, 2012
11/12
by
FOXNEWSW
tv
eye 241
favorite 0
quote 0
anyway, mitt romney congratulated the president for the success of his campaign and wished him well. they made a pledge to stay in town particularly in opportunities to work together or shared interests arise in the future. their lunch menu included kite murkty chili and sworn grilled chicken salad but, back in the day everyone said they didn't like each other, at all, remember? that was the word during the campaign. they don't lick each other. well, they have a photo there, and maybe they saying let's get together and solve the big problems because we have big problems and quit yelling at each other about stupid things that no one cares about, an example from mitt romney and president obama. enjoy that. it can be soon be harder for the president to spy on your e-mail, a senate committee approve add bill to force the feds to actually get a search warrant before rooting through your electronic communications like e-mails and text to the banks. investigators can read through your e-mail to the bank as much as they want as long as the messages are more than six months old. the current l
anyway, mitt romney congratulated the president for the success of his campaign and wished him well. they made a pledge to stay in town particularly in opportunities to work together or shared interests arise in the future. their lunch menu included kite murkty chili and sworn grilled chicken salad but, back in the day everyone said they didn't like each other, at all, remember? that was the word during the campaign. they don't lick each other. well, they have a photo there, and maybe they...
154
154
Nov 29, 2012
11/12
by
CNNW
tv
eye 154
favorite 0
quote 0
president obama is meeting with mitt romney later today. do you have any idea what they plan to discuss? >> you know, there's a lot of speculation about governor romney playing a role in the administration. but the president himself, during his victory speech after he was re-elected talked about wanting to sit down with mitt romney to talk about ways of moving the country forward. during his post re-election news conference, the president was asked about what roles he could play or if -- what the president hoped to gain from him. the president talked about how mitt romney did a good job with the olympics, and he thought in turning around the olympics, some of that could be used to streamline government and make it more user friendly. that's what we expect for the president to be discussing with mitt romney when they sit down today for lunch at the white house. of course everyone is speculating about some possible role he could play in this white house. it's interesting because it's a very high-profile bipartisan showing from the president t
president obama is meeting with mitt romney later today. do you have any idea what they plan to discuss? >> you know, there's a lot of speculation about governor romney playing a role in the administration. but the president himself, during his victory speech after he was re-elected talked about wanting to sit down with mitt romney to talk about ways of moving the country forward. during his post re-election news conference, the president was asked about what roles he could play or if --...
33
33
tv
eye 33
favorite 0
quote 0
i do think that romney has complete lucidity of mind he's clearly not suffering from outside but i'm not sure why he's saying the problem is the palestinians won't negotiate surely he's aware of the latest phase in the goetia they began in one nine hundred ninety three which is to say a slow in september and that's now nearly twenty years later and of anyone reads through the record of those negotiations and i haven't read all the transcript the lego just need one structure in conclusion let me strike me inclusion let your main finish i will give me your opinion gentlemen let me run inish go ahead rami you really have to let me finish if you read through the if you read through the twenty year record the one conclusion you reach the outstanding conclusion is nothing happened it's like the children's song the wheels on the bus go round and round and the reason nothing happened is because the palestinian side said let's apply international law and resolve the conflict and the israeli side said we reject international law we're going to decide this resolution the conflict on the terms t
i do think that romney has complete lucidity of mind he's clearly not suffering from outside but i'm not sure why he's saying the problem is the palestinians won't negotiate surely he's aware of the latest phase in the goetia they began in one nine hundred ninety three which is to say a slow in september and that's now nearly twenty years later and of anyone reads through the record of those negotiations and i haven't read all the transcript the lego just need one structure in conclusion let me...
195
195
Nov 30, 2012
11/12
by
KPIX
tv
eye 195
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> and president obama's private lunch with mitt romney. what they talked about and what they ate. i play the lotto. >> get in line. soon californians will play powerball too. when the game is coming to town and who is the real winner. ,, ,, he should take somebody dancing. oh my god, him dance? have you seen his shoes? they look like, they look like flippers. [ aunts laughing ] [ male announcer ] find some peace this holiday. get an 8 piece meal now with a dozen delicious cookies baked in-store. the kfc festive feast. all for just $19.99. yes you did. no i didn't. yes you did. no i didn't. yes you did. no i didn't. did not. [ male announcer ] today tastes so good. secondhand smoke affects everyone's health. it's not just irritating. it can cause heart disease and even death. speak up about secondhand smoke. your health and the health of your family depend on it. well, inside the brewer, there's a giant staircase. and the room is filled with all these different kinds of coffee. actually, i just press this button. brew what you love, simply.
. >> and president obama's private lunch with mitt romney. what they talked about and what they ate. i play the lotto. >> get in line. soon californians will play powerball too. when the game is coming to town and who is the real winner. ,, ,, he should take somebody dancing. oh my god, him dance? have you seen his shoes? they look like, they look like flippers. [ aunts laughing ] [ male announcer ] find some peace this holiday. get an 8 piece meal now with a dozen delicious cookies...
954
954
Nov 29, 2012
11/12
by
CNNW
tv
eye 954
favorite 0
quote 0
governor romney coming by for a bite to eat. a lot of speculation about what might be discussed at the meal and the possibility of maybe future job? >> jay carney pushed back on that yesterday. the president said there was no suggestion here that he had a special assignment for him. the president invited mitt romney to come to the white house because he wanted to talk about moving the country forward. the president pointed out that out there on the campaign trail mitt romney had good ideas. he wanted to talk to him about that. not necessarily partisan ideas but ideas like job creation for the middle class. the president pointed to mitt romney and how he helped turn the olympics around and pointed out perhaps this could help in the government to streamline agencies, make it more user friendly. it will be a different tone from the campaign trail, talking about moving the country forward. at this point, no suggestion that the president plans to hand him any kind of job offer. >> it is a private lunch. no cameras inside. we'll never
governor romney coming by for a bite to eat. a lot of speculation about what might be discussed at the meal and the possibility of maybe future job? >> jay carney pushed back on that yesterday. the president said there was no suggestion here that he had a special assignment for him. the president invited mitt romney to come to the white house because he wanted to talk about moving the country forward. the president pointed out that out there on the campaign trail mitt romney had good...
265
265
Nov 29, 2012
11/12
by
FOXNEWSW
tv
eye 265
favorite 0
quote 0
mitt romney, you really make sense. i love all your ideas about the economy and i'm going to listen -- >> steve: he does have some ideas on how to run the government more efficiently, i'm sure they will listen to each other. it is a classy thing to do. besides, it got started when john f. kennedy invited nixon to their house in palm beachment they had a nice conversation. when nixon was president, he invited hubert humphrey in and actually offered hubert humphrey the opportunity to be the united nations ambassador. humphrey turned him down. >> brian: the only reason i would agree with gretchen is if he said 85% of the ads you took out were against me personally. i'm a little bitter. >> gretchen: but he's not going to listen to the ideas. that's my point. the rest of your headlines. the $359.9 million powerball goes to two people in two states. the wins numbers 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and the big powerball number, 6. one winning ticket is from arizona. congratulations. the other one in missouri. double congratulations. >>> in
mitt romney, you really make sense. i love all your ideas about the economy and i'm going to listen -- >> steve: he does have some ideas on how to run the government more efficiently, i'm sure they will listen to each other. it is a classy thing to do. besides, it got started when john f. kennedy invited nixon to their house in palm beachment they had a nice conversation. when nixon was president, he invited hubert humphrey in and actually offered hubert humphrey the opportunity to be the...
92
92
Dec 1, 2012
12/12
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 92
favorite 0
quote 0
mitt romney saying you won't see any sunlight between the u.s. and israel. is the u.s. relationship and vice versa a healthy relationship? >> it's a remarkable relationship between one of the nations that have the smallest majority in israel and our great country, and it's almost a mystical relationship when you think of how much support we have showered on israel and how much support we get back. it's due to the fact that this is not just jewish support, we're only 2% of the population in the united states. it's because we have shared values, shared enemies, and islamic terrorism. that many people in the united states view israel as the holy land not just jews but non-jews as well. there's a remarkable time when there is so much polarization between the republicans and democrats. it's one of the few foreign policy issues that actually unite democrats and republicans. >> what -- the future of the jews, is your book title provocative in any way? do you mean to be? >> i mean it to be. the question is can of people who have survived calamities for 3,000 years in effect acc
mitt romney saying you won't see any sunlight between the u.s. and israel. is the u.s. relationship and vice versa a healthy relationship? >> it's a remarkable relationship between one of the nations that have the smallest majority in israel and our great country, and it's almost a mystical relationship when you think of how much support we have showered on israel and how much support we get back. it's due to the fact that this is not just jewish support, we're only 2% of the population...
243
243
Dec 7, 2012
12/12
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 243
favorite 0
quote 0
romney is gone. he's still in the background. we have mcconnell and boehner. who is the quarterback, mr. president? who is the quarterback? >> richard haass, a quizzical look on your face. >> normally when you play fab, you don't decide the other team's quarterback. >> right. >> that's usually for the coach to decide. so why is harry reid worried who is the quarterback on the other team? why is he even using this metaphor? is. >> why has he been running? >> this is why it's a good development. >> yeah. >> by the way, another interesting development with the leadership yesterday was mitch mcconnell tried to make a move to separate out the debt negotiation, the debt ceiling, he thought he had a power play to have them separate out the vote and embarrass democrats. they pulled together 51 votes and then he had to back off. >> he had to filibuster -- >> filibuster his own bill. >> isn't it a fascinating change, mark mckinnon. back when we were younger like ten years ago. it used to be the senate that was the chamber where members were more respectful of each other
romney is gone. he's still in the background. we have mcconnell and boehner. who is the quarterback, mr. president? who is the quarterback? >> richard haass, a quizzical look on your face. >> normally when you play fab, you don't decide the other team's quarterback. >> right. >> that's usually for the coach to decide. so why is harry reid worried who is the quarterback on the other team? why is he even using this metaphor? is. >> why has he been running? >>...
153
153
Nov 30, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 153
favorite 0
quote 0
you can cap deductions for individuals and mitt romney debate idea, eliminate specific loopholes or raise marginal rates. any indication which of those three they might support and if there are enough votes within their conference on the house side to vote for any of those ideas? >> hard to say. they're not saying very much specific as you just're certainly not saying much specific about what they want in return for increased revenues. what exact entitlement cuts they want. they may be saying something privately but they're not saying anything publicly. you know i think that obama obviously wants the marginal rates increased. he's really kind of drawing a line in the sand on that. a few republicans tom cole is the most notable one but a couple more today, i noticed came out and said they think their party should consider that. if we get a drip, drip, drip on that, a few a day a few a week, then maybe maybe there will be a chance by the end of december that enough republicans will go for that increase. remember, it doesn't have to be a huge number of republicans. it just has to be 25 or so
you can cap deductions for individuals and mitt romney debate idea, eliminate specific loopholes or raise marginal rates. any indication which of those three they might support and if there are enough votes within their conference on the house side to vote for any of those ideas? >> hard to say. they're not saying very much specific as you just're certainly not saying much specific about what they want in return for increased revenues. what exact entitlement cuts they want. they may be...
268
268
Nov 29, 2012
11/12
by
CNNW
tv
eye 268
favorite 0
quote 1
i want you to watch closely because we caught romney's arrival and there's romney. leaving the white house. about 20 minutes ago. the president first mentioned plans to meet with romney in the election night vingt ri speech talking about it again in the first post-election news conference. >> there may be ideas that he has with respect to jobs and growth that can help middle class families that i want to hear so, you know, i'm not either prejudging what he's interested in doing nor am i suggesting i've got some specific assignment but what i want to do is get ideas from him and see if there's some ways that we can potentially work together. >> that sounds all well and good and adult, doesn't it, candy crowley? our political correspondent. and anchor of cnn's "state of the union." oh, to be a fly on the wall at that meeting. >> i know. >> lasted an hour and a half? >> yeah, yeah. >> do you think it was more of a bury the hatchet or a courtesy call-type of meeting more than substance? >> first of all, i think it's too early to bury the hatchet. these things take a lit
i want you to watch closely because we caught romney's arrival and there's romney. leaving the white house. about 20 minutes ago. the president first mentioned plans to meet with romney in the election night vingt ri speech talking about it again in the first post-election news conference. >> there may be ideas that he has with respect to jobs and growth that can help middle class families that i want to hear so, you know, i'm not either prejudging what he's interested in doing nor am i...
179
179
Nov 30, 2012
11/12
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 179
favorite 0
quote 0
and as for mitt romney, he got a meal. the president treated mr. romney to a lunch of southwestern grilled chicken and, wait for it, white turkey chili. white turkey chili. who knew the white house had such a good sense of humor. gotta go everything, thanks, see you tomorrow. >> eliot: good evening. i'm eliot spitzer. this is "viewpoint." the white house confronted republican leaders today with a new vision of how the country should navigate what we at "viewpoint" prefer to call the fiscal slope or austerity bomb. the white house proposal wasn't well received. treasury secretary timothy geithner met with house speaker john boehner and laid out a detailed list from president obama that includes $1.6 trillion in tax increase over ten years. more stimulus spending to boost the economy including home mortgage refinancing and the permanent end to congressional control over the debt ceiling. in return, president obama is offering republicans $400 billion in entitlement cuts over ten years. still to be negotiated. mr. obama also wants emergency unemployme
and as for mitt romney, he got a meal. the president treated mr. romney to a lunch of southwestern grilled chicken and, wait for it, white turkey chili. white turkey chili. who knew the white house had such a good sense of humor. gotta go everything, thanks, see you tomorrow. >> eliot: good evening. i'm eliot spitzer. this is "viewpoint." the white house confronted republican leaders today with a new vision of how the country should navigate what we at "viewpoint"...
28
28
tv
eye 28
favorite 0
quote 0
there is an actual political threshold to get passed in order to get jackson vanity repealed again romney ran you know as a cold warrior anti russian that russia was going to be the big enemy of the united states in the years to come certainly that sentiment was shared within the congress or that position would have had that least been buttressed you know post facto in the congress and so. people who would have to go home and explain their pro russian vote as it might be called by their opponents in their districts to their constituents could say hey all we did was update it we still have imposed restrictions on them but they're not communists anymore now there's some corruption there and we've given the president the tools to deal with that so i that there may very well be a considerable portion of this that's for domestic political consumption but also the internationally yes or internationally i'm sorry looking at looking at israel for example in the human rights violations that go on there the united states as was pointed out before with guantanamo with all kinds of extradition judici
there is an actual political threshold to get passed in order to get jackson vanity repealed again romney ran you know as a cold warrior anti russian that russia was going to be the big enemy of the united states in the years to come certainly that sentiment was shared within the congress or that position would have had that least been buttressed you know post facto in the congress and so. people who would have to go home and explain their pro russian vote as it might be called by their...